September 01, 2023
The Ninth Circuit vacated Friday a $1.7 million damages award granted to a former U.S. Department of the Interior employee who accused the agency of age discrimination, ruling that a lower court "clearly erred" by awarding back pay and front pay using the wrong pay grade.
August 24, 2023
A Ninth Circuit panel seemed unconvinced Thursday that the facts underlying a former U.S. Department of the Interior employee's age discrimination lawsuit support a trial court's decision to award her nearly $1.7 million in damages.
July 31, 2023
The Eleventh Circuit will tackle two race bias battles in August before hearing from the federal government in a firefighter's disability bias case, and the Ninth Circuit will review a former federal employee's $1.7 million age bias verdict the same day it considers a case against Costco.
March 17, 2023
A former U.S. Department of the Interior employee urged the Ninth Circuit to reject the agency's bid to scrap her $1.7 million award in an age bias suit, saying the DOI told the trial court to "give her the lotto ticket" if it believed she faced discrimination.